Meal Plan

Ok, so I have been neglecting to plan my meals lately.  Mostly because I seem to have so many left overs frozen that I can't really make more meals.  Weird huh.

So we are just going to go and make meals 3 days a week and eat left overs every other day.  Seems fair right?  Hope it works.

So tonight:
left over soup with bread and salad

Saturday:
sausage and cabbage steamed

Sunday:
same as Sat?

Monday:
Rubens

Tuesday:
left overs

and then I go shopping for groceries.  fun stuff that!

Menu planning

Ok, I am changing the menu plan start day.  Turns out that you can get money for your recycling at the store I frequent on Tuesdays.



Anyway, I didn't male ANYTHING on last weeks menu plan because I realized that I had a freezer full of frozen leftovers... yea... I need that space...

Tuesday: Aussie Chicken with rice

Wednesday: left overs (make noodles day! Thanks MIL for the birthday present of the noodle attachment for the kitchen aid)

Thursdays:  lasagna (with home made noodles!)

Friday: mac and cheese with tuna and peas (home made sauce and noodles)

Saturday: mexi wraps

Sunday: left overs

Monday: pot roast

And check out MPM for more great ideas!

Menu plan

Ok, last week I make a menu plan, but do to not having internet, I didn't post.

Good news I am saving money on this, even though I am not getting any circulars and only basing this on coupons.

Monday: Stuffed green peppers

Tuesday: 5 bean casserole topped with cheese

Wendsday: left overs

Thursday: Tuna, cheese and rice via crock pot (taking this recipe and just running with adding stuff to it!)

Friday: left over wraps

Saturday: Aussie Chicken (we have guests!)

Sunday: left overs

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Meal plan Aug. 29th

Ok, so when making my meal plan last week I completely forgot I had an anniversary (love you hubby) that we needed to celebrate... So we kinda got sidetracked on the meals... they were all made, but in different orders... oh well.

Monday:
chicken wraps
veggies

Tuesday:
Beer-brats w/ sauerkraut

Wednesday:
Roast (crock pot)

Thursday:
left overs

Friday:
Stir Fry (beef) with rice

Saturday:
mac&cheese with tuna and peas (homemade noodles and sauce...)

Sunday:
left overs

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My 1st meal plan...

Ok, so it isn't my 1st really.  I did try this once before, about oh... 3 or 4 years ago.  And wow did I go over budget.  At the time we only had 50 dollars per person per month as the budget to run our household so that made 150 for a month.  I just could not do it, I did much better with my hodge podge way of just throwing something together from what we had on hand.

Now though I get 600 a month for food/household... well I feel rich get 150 dollars for my week!  (Of course we live in Hawaii now too and anyone can tell you it is expensive here!  And we have 5 mouths to feed too... still 120 per person per month just seems lavish!)

Anyway I think that now that I have more money I can experiment with this again... in fact I might save money... doubtful though... 


Monday:
Rubens (Crock pot)
Steamed veggies (seasonal)

Tuesday:
Shake and Bake Chicken
Mashed taters (hide 3 cups mashed taters)
steamed veggies (different than Mondays)

Wednesday:
Shepard's pie (use left over veggies and taters)

Thursday:
Left over day

Friday:
Grilled cheese and tomato soup

Saturday:
Lasagna (crock pot?)

Sunday:
left over day

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